Italian gov’t to ramp up surveillance of crypto market

The new state-supported institution aims to speed up the country’s industry through blockchain technology. 283 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTDespite its ongoing crackdown on crypto, China continues to embrace blockchain technology — up to the point of launching the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center…

Sterling Witzke, partner at the Winklevoss twins’ family office Winklevoss Capital, says she doesn’t think 2019 will be the watershed year for institutional investors to get into crypto. Witzke backed her claim by arguing that expectations are running ahead of facts on the ground.Witzke made her remarks during an interview with Cointelegraph at the Crypto…

Bitcoin (BTC) is entering what former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes calls “up only mode,” as a deepening crisis in the US bond market potentially drives investors away from traditional haven assets and toward alternative stores of value. Loss of confidence in US policy boosts Bitcoin’s upside prospects On April 11, the benchmark US 10-year Treasury

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s noteOne of the most persistent myths about Bitcoin is its supposed anonymity. More properly termed pseudonymity, BTC wallets are permanently tied to their public keys. Most of you know that. But it took government investigators years…

Crypto policy making efforts have been reignited in South Korea after a woman was murdered following a dispute over digital assets. 298 Total views 28 Total shares Lawmakers from South Korea are pushing to enshrine stricter regulation of digital assets in the wake of a gruesome murder case involving digital assets. According to a May 18…

The courtroom drama unfolding around FTX founder and former CSam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has all the ingredients of a binge-worthy Netflix series, replete with a cast of shady characters and a plot that thickens with each passing day. Among the highlights were SBF's lofty presidential ambitions and a staggering $100-150 million bribe to Chinese officials, which add

Located at the intersection between Europe and Asia, Georgia is a small country with a big mission to drive blockchain adoption and education. In February 2017, the government of Georgia made a bold move by signing an agreement to use the Bitcoin blockchain to record land titles, making it the first national government to use…

The fund reported it had distributed more than $500 million to projects, including the Tor Project, the Signal Technology Foundation and the Calyx Institute. 100 Total views 16 Total shares Brink, a nonprofit organization aimed at supporting Bitcoin developers, has announced a $5 million donation from Block CEO Jack Dorsey and his Start Small funding…

Senators putting forth differing amendments for provisions in the infrastructure deal which apply to crypto have reached a compromise after a legislative setback. In a press conference today, Senator Pat Toomey said there was now a bipartisan agreement on an amendment to infrastructure bill HR 3684 backed by Cynthia Lummis, Rob Portman, Mark Warner, Kyrsten Sinema,…